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Geospatial Solutions For Maternal Mortality

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Ajay K. Gupta, CISSP, MBA, CEO, HSR.health; Christine Nzokou, public health analyst. Through its Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations has identified maternal and child health (MCH) as the number one indicator of the […]. The article Geospatial Solutions For Maternal Mortality appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Could telehealth worsen inequity? 'Not under my watch,' says HHS Sec. Becerra

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In recent public appearances, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough both indicated their support for telemedicine in the long term. Even as states have moved to enact their own laws aimed at telehealth expansion , questions have persisted about a federal response. Becerra emphasizes equity in technology.

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Colorado Hospital Association Dashboard Monitors Role of SDoH In Member Hospital Readmission Rates

Electronic Health Reporter

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. By Kurt Waltenbaugh, CEO, Carrot Health. Typical attempts at defining, quantifying, and measuring social determinants of health (SDoH) are limited to geographic or population averages, which often mask individuals’ discrete and unique experiences. They can, […].

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Health Catalyst Announces Agreement to Acquire Twistle

Healthcare IT Today

Twistle, a Patient Engagement SaaS Technology Solution, to Enhance Health Catalyst’s Population Health Offering and Enable More Comprehensive Support for Organizations Transitioning to Population Health Care Models Health Catalyst, Inc. (“Health Catalyst,” Nasdaq: HCAT), a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, today announced that it has entered into a […].

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HIPAA Compliance: Can Your Organization Avoid Costly Government Penalties and Fines?

Colington Consulting was established in 2013 and helps organizations achieve HIPAA compliance and ensures clients stay current with the latest enforcement trends. We provide a full range of HIPAA compliance services and consulting. What separates us from our competitors is our knowledge of HIPAA compliance regulations and their application to each of our client’s particular scenarios and requirements.

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Color Me Healthy – Pantone’s Forecast on Post-Pandemic Well-Being and Design

Health Populi

Post-pandemic, the consumer’s priority purchases are grocery, nesting, and health, according to David Shah, a leading thinker about social and design trends. David presented the latest Pantone forecast on color and society in NewTopia – A Balance of Color Opposites – Color for a Post-COVID World this week. I had the opportunity to attend the session, and want to share the health and wellness-related insights David shared in his fast-paced view on the role of color in bolstering

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Key Insights and Takeaways from the HIMSS State of Healthcare Event

Healthcare IT Today

Last week HIMSS presented their State of Healthcare digital event that presented new data-driven market intelligence to the healthcare ecosystem. The data was fueled by survey insights gathered through the HIMSS Trust—a consortium of leaders across the healthcare and technology space. They presented trends and challenges from four key perspectives: Health Systems Patients Clinicians Payers […].

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Pitches for Non-clinical Hollywood TV Shows – Fun Friday

Healthcare IT Today

Hollywood loves healthcare dramas. General Hospital, ER, St. Elsewhere, and New Amsterdam are just a few examples. But there is much more to healthcare than the patient-facing clinical side. There are plenty of other departments and areas of healthcare that Hollywood could explore. On the recent #hcldr tweetchat, the community had a little fun on […].

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Remote chronic care management company Spiras scores $14 million

Mobi Health News

The company plans to use the funds for new market launches, building out its sales team and R&D.

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Tegria Acquires KenSci to Help Healthcare Organizations Derive New Insights from Data

Healthcare IT Today

Tegria today announced the acquisition of KenSci, a leader in artificial intelligence platforms and applications for healthcare, with roots in Microsoft’s Azure4Research program and the University of Washington. Founded in 2015, KenSci has earned recognition for its AI platform and solutions that integrate the latest descriptive and predictive analytics technology, which help healthcare organizations modernize their […].

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The VA and DoD's COVID-19 digital transformation

Mobi Health News

Christina Armstrong, a clinical psychologist at the VA’s Office of Connected Care, will be speaking at HIMSS21 about how the health system reacted to the pandemic.

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Bicycle Health Raises $27 Million Series A To Expand Treatment and Access For Opioid Use Disorder Nationwide

Healthcare IT Today

Bicycle Health, the leading virtual care provider of evidence based treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) today announced a $27 Million Series A investment led by Questa Capital with participation from City Light Capital, Emily Melton and previous investor SignalFire. Since the start of the pandemic, Bicycle Health has grown 30% month over month and is now the largest […].

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Roundup: HealthCerts issuance starts in Singapore, LG Electronic's AI-enabled x-ray devices and more briefs

Mobi Health News

Also, Alibaba Health has collaborated with Berry Oncology to develop a comprehensive cancer screening and prevention ecosystem.

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Psychedelic alternative realties company scores $11M in Series A funding

Mobi Health News

This new infusion of cash brings the company's total funding to $15M.

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Dexcom's new campaign advocates for glucose time in range as standard metric for diabetes management

Mobi Health News

Experts say that time in range metrics can provide more actionable insights than A1C levels.

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Everything You Wanted to Know About FACIS, but Didn’t Know to Ask

Speaker: Amy Anderson

FACIS® helps organizations mitigate patient and organizational risk. Maintaining compliance and safeguarding against fraud and abuse in today’s changing healthcare landscape can be challenging. Most healthcare organizations screen and monitor providers against the OIG but that’s only ONE of FACIS®’ primary sources. FACIS® pulls data for every taxonomy from the lowest level employee to the highest level licensed professional.